Clothesline-support



P. M. LUND.

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5.1919.

1,330,082. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

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P. M. LUND.

CLOTHESLINE SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-5. I919.

1,330,082. Patented Feb. 10,1920.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- P'E'TER MARTIiI'NUs LUND, or nnooxLYN, NEW YORK.

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lb a ll w ltom concern: j N it known that 1, 1 m 1X1. citizen of the United States, residing at Bieuu n; in ma er ity er K ngs sad state of New Yerk, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in" Cl'otl1e sli1ie-' Sup'pei t s, of whieh the following is a. spe ification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in clothes linesupp'orts'.

Alli important object of the invention is" vention will be apparent during the course of the following descriptioiii n v 4 v In the accompany ng drawlngs formm a partof this specification and which like numerals are" employed to designate like parts throng-hostels same, H j v Figure 1 is a per spectiveshowing my device applied to a window, I

Fig. 2 is a section taken on' line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

i'zas a pe pect ve shqw ngzthe clamps and supports for the clothes support,

Fig. 4 is aside elevation showing the clothes support applied, and y Fig. 5 is a perspectiveof the clothes line clamp.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the sill of a window and the numeral 11, the side frame thereof. Secured to the side frame is a support designated as a whole by the numeral 12.

The support 12 comprises a body portion 13, preferably round in cross-section, and having secured to one end thereof, a clamp member 14. The clamp member 14 may be held in position upon the end of the body member by means of a rivet 15 or the like and the clamp member 14 is provided with an outwardly extending clamping foot 16. A coacting clamping foot 17 is provided, having a tubular shank portion 18, which is slidably mounted upon the body member 13. The foot 17 is provided with an adjustable clamping screw 19, the inner face of which, being adapted to contact the woodwork, is supplied with an enlarged portion 20. The clamping screw 19 may be provided wlth a butterfly orthe like for turning the same. A follower ring 21 is sli'dably mounted upon the body member 13 and is provided with a butterfly clamping screw 22, to secure the ring; in the desired position;

Formed in the inner end of the body member 13 is slot 23", in which is pivotally mounted as at 24, the angular extension of iser The angular extension of the lever 25 is, provided upon its" end with a heok member 26, adapted to receive an eye 27 to which is'securedapulley block 28. This pulley block is adapted to receive the endless line 29 hfeans for securing the lever 25 in position shon 'n in Fig. 2, are provided, consisti'ng of a ringinember 25, which is adapted to be'slipped' over the end of the lever to secure it to" the body member 13.

The sidefmme'n of the window is pro; vided uponthe' exterior thereof with a hook 3Q or the like, adapted to receivethe flexible attaching member 31 of a clamping member 32. The outer end of the flexible attaching member 21 is secured to the eye 38 or the like; secured to one side of the clamping member 32. The clamping member 32 comrises" plates 34 and 35, preferably formed ofwood', j oined't'ogether by clamping screws 36, rovided upon their outer ends with but-'- ter' y nuts 37.

Af clothes'isupport 3811s ov ded-adapted wrest upeathe Sui 10 or the window. This clothes sup ort is pr'ovided'with'upstanding edges 39 to retain the clothes and is flared slightly at its outer end to prevent the clothes contacting with the window as they open, due to the movement of the line 29. The support 38 is provided upon its under face with a stationary clamping member 40, adapted to engage one side of the sill and an adjustable clamping member 41, provided with a slot 42, adapted to receive a screw 43, provided with a butterfly nut 44. The adjustable clamping member 41 is provided upon its clamping face 45 with a butterfly screw 46, the inner end of which is provided with an enlargement 47, adapted to engage the woodwork of the sill 10.

As a majority of the Weight of the clothes will fall upon the inner end of the support 38, I have provided upon the'under side of the inner end an adjustable supporting leg 48, hinged to the under side of the support, as at 49. The adjustable support leg 48 comprises a short leg 50, having secured thereto,

ably receive an extension leg 58. The extension leg may be secured in any desirable position by means of a clamping screw 54 or the like.

The operation of my device is as follows:

The wet clothes are placed upon the sup port 38 and the line hung in the position shown in Fig. 2. The clothes are now placed upon the line and when the line is full, a spacing ring 55 is placed about the lines, adjacent the clamping member 32. The clamps are then fastened about the line and the flexible attaching member 31. of the clam placed upon the hook 30. I prefer that this clamping member should comprise a portion of chain as this allows of considerable adjustment in the positioning of the clamp. The support 12 is now removed from the window, as is the clothes support 38, and the line is allowed to hang with the pulley outside of the window, allowing the closing of the same.

It is to be'understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in theshape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a clothes line support adapted for use in windows and the like, removable means for supporting the line interiorly of the window, comprising a support member provided upon one end with a stationary clamping foot, an adjustable clamping foot slidably' mounted upon said support member, a follower ringfor securing said adjustable foot in any desired position, and a pivoted lever provided upon one end with means for releasably receiving one end of the line secured to the oppositeend of said support member.

provided upon one end with a stationary foot extending at approximately right angles thereto, an adjustable foot slidably mountedupon said support member, a follower ring for securing said adjustable foot in any desired position, a clamping screw carried by said adjustable foot, and a pivoted lever secured to the opposite end of said support member and provided upon one end with means for releasably receiving one end of the line.

3. In a clothes line support adapted for use in windows and the like, removable mean for supporting the line interiorly of the window, comprising a support member,

adjustable means for securing said support member to the frame of the window, a pivoted lever carried by said support member, and'provided upon one end with means for releasably receiving one end of the line, the

other end of said pivoted lever being aiigularly disposed andlying against aid support member when the lever is in position to receive the line, and a ring slidabl vmounted upon said support member and adapted to engage the angular disposed end of said lever to secure said leverin the supporting position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of twov witnesses.

PETER MARTHINUS LUND.

Witnesses Fnnnnrox K. H. MILLER, CHARLES KLEIs'r. 

